Let's Talk Catholic! with Fr. Scott Lawler

This week, following on the heels of Independence Day Celebrations, we are re-airing the first of the Catholic 250 talks given last year. Originally given as a talk at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Lewiston, MI, the first few minutes were lost, but the rest of the recording has been packaged as the latest episode of Let's Talk Catholic! https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-167RR-US-...

This Independence Day weekend, we dip back into the archives to see how the Snowshoe Priest, Bishop Baraga, fared in northern Michigan summers. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-097RR-Baraga-in-July.mp3

 All good things must come to an end! This week we present the final episode in our year-long series, Catholic250.  https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-185RR-Catholic250End.mp3

This week we are very excited to present a performance of sacred music by the Diocese of Gaylord Gregorian Schola. Afterwards we include some bonus content: a homily Fr. Scott gave this year on the Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-184RR-Gaylord-Gregorian-Schola.mp3 For more information about the Diocese of Gaylord Gregorian Schola visit: htt...

This week we re-air one in Fr. Lawler's popular Baraga by the month series, giving us an insight into Bp. Baraga's Junes. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-096RR-Baжraga-in-June.mp3

So far Catholic 250 has discussed the history of the Catholic Church in the United States, but what about our future? This week Fr. Scott is joined by Bob Wilson, Director of St. Paul Street Evangelization, to talk about the bright future ahead. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-183RR-StPaulStreetEvangelization.mp3

This week, as the Church celebrates the Holy Trinity, we take a look back to two homilies given by Fr. Scott last year. The first is on the great feast of Pentecost, the Birthday of the Church, celebrated last week. The second on Corpus Christi, the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which will be celebrated next week. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-163RR-...

This week we revisit an episode on the largest fraternal Catholic organization in the world - the Knights of Columbus. We learn about one of the most influential parish priests in the history of this country, Bl. Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus. Our episode starts with a special presentation on the life of this great man, followed by a look at Knights of Columbus who were...

This week we dip into the archives to air an interview about a timely topic: the Catholic Services Appeal. Fr. Scott is joined by two distinguished guests to discuss what CSA, the Catholic Services Appeal actually is and why it's important for the work of the Church. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-150RR-CSA-What-is-it.mp3

 This week Fr. Scott speaks with Father Joseph Mallia and Auxiliary Bishop Robert Fisher about the upcoming Rising from the Ashes Eucharistic Revival. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-182RR-RisingfromAshes.mp3

During the Easter season we read through the Acts of the Apostles, but how much do you really understand about this important record of the early Church? Fr. Scott dives into the Acts of the Apostles this week. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-181RR-ActsoftheApostles.mp3

 Fr. Scott is joined this week by Larry Rudnicki and Kevin Weed of St. Michael High School, a Chesterton Academy. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-180RR-StMichaelAcademy0426.mp3

This week Fr. Scott offers a reflection for Good Friday/Holy Saturday on Christ's "todah" sacrifice upon the Cross. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-179RR-Todah.mp3

Kevin Weed, Headmaster of St. Michael Academy in Petoskey, joins us this week to discuss the history of Catholic education, especially here in the United States, for the latest in the year long Catholic 250 series. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-178RR-Catholic-Education-History.mp3

This week we share the March episode form the popular Bishop Baraga series. Hear Fr. Scott share some of the joys, dangers, and hardships of the snowshoe priest. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-177RR-Baraga_in_March.mp3

 Fr. Scott continues his series on getting familiar with Sacred Scripture. This week we cover the first 4 books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers. This forms the majority of the Pentateuch or Torah. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-176RR-Bible-pt2.mp3

We continue our lookback to the Seven Sorrows of Mary this week with part 2.  https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-040RR-Seven%20Sorrows%20Pt2-2026-Rerun.mp3

 Although the month of September is traditionally dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we often think of the sorrows of Mary when we contemplate Christ Passion during this Holy Season of Lent. This week we dig back into the archives to an episode Fr. Scott recorded about the Seven Sorrows of Mary over 5 years ago. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-040RR-S...

For this Lenten season, we are diving back in the archives to offer select homilies from Fr. Scott. We hope these reflections help you in your Lenten journey. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-060RR-Lentpt1.mp3

 This week Fr. Scott begins a series on how to read, reflect, and respond to Sacred Scripture. We also included some bonus content this week about Fr. Scott's parish being designated a pilgrimage site for the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-175RR-Bible-pt1-plusbonuscontent.mp3

 In the latest installment of the Catholic 250 series, Fr. Scott explores what has been called the last acceptable prejudice in the United States: anti-Catholicism. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-174RR-Anti-Catholicism-Catholic250-untagged.mp3

 This week, as we kick off Catholic Schools Week, we dip back into the archives for an interview Fr. Scott did about a year and a half ago with Kevin Weed, the Headmaster of St. Michael Academy, and Larry Rudnicki, the Executive Director of St. Michael Academy.  St. Michael Academy is a Chesterton Academy School located near Petoskey, Michigan, rooted in the Catholic classical tradition....

As we try to do once every month , we feature a recording of Fr. Scott reading from Bishop Baraga's diary. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-081RR-Baraga-January.mp3

 Beginning this past December, the Church started a new year in the lectionary cycle, Cycle A. This Cycle of Sunday readings focuses on the Gospel of Matthew. This week, Fr. Scott gives us an introduction to this Gospel and what to expect as we move through the Sunday readings this year. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-173RR-Gospel-of-Matthew.mp3

As we near the close of the liturgical Christmas season, we feature Fr. Scott's analysis of a modern Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. https://archive.org/download/LetsTalkCatholic/LTC-109RR-A_Christmas_Carol.mp3